10-letter words containing d, i, a, s
- spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
- speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically
- speed-dial — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stabilised — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stablished — establish.
- stadia rod — rod (def 19).
- stadia-rod — a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- stage-dive — to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below
- stalinabad — a former name of Dushanbe.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stand bail — to act as surety (for someone)
- stand firm — be resolute
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article
- standing o — standing ovation
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- standstill — a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
- star drill — a chisellike drill for masonry or plasterwork, having a pointed head faceted in alternately projecting and reentering angles.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steadiness — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- step aside — move to one side
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stradivari — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1644?–1737, Italian violinmaker of Cremona (pupil of Nicolò Amati).
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.